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To-day's Advertisements.

EATRE

ROYAL

MESSES DALLAS & MUSGRAVE'S

DRAMATIC, COMPANY.

Positively the Last Night of the Season. GRAND FAREWELL PERFORMANCE. Grand Complimentary Benefit, tendered to Messis. HENRY DALLAS & KENYON MUSGRAVE,

TONIGHT TONIGHT!

GRAND DOUBLE BILL

MONSTER PROGRAMME |

PROGRAMME-

PART L

MY FRIEND JARLET?

A Dramatic Episode of the Franco-Prussian),

War in one Act.

CHARACTERS:

Emile Jariet (an Old Frenchman)

Mr. Henry Dallas.

Paul Latour (His Friend);

Mr. Kenyon Musgrave.

Prussian Officer.........Mr. R. H. Stephenson. Marie Leroux

Miss Barbara Fenn.

SCENE.

"AN INN NEAR FONTAINEBLEAU."

INTERVAL - OF 10 MINUTES. (

PART II.

MUSICAL MELANGE. Ballad........... The Pilgrim of Love"

Mr. Edwin Phillips.

2. The Twin Duet...(From "The French Maid")

Miss Rosie Blair, Mr. Henry Dallas and Mr. Kenyon Musgrave.

3 Comic Song

Ballad

Song.

www..." Hooligan."

Mr. D. Munro,"

Miss Bertha Hunter.

E

...... Only once more."

Trinity Church."

Mr. W. H. Brown,

6. Song and Dance..... ......Liza-loves you"

Mr. L. Montague.

7. Character Song At my Time of Life."

8. Recitation

Miss Rosie Blair.

"When the Angry Passions Gathering."

9. Ballnd

Mr. L. Hall

For Old Tiine's Sake. Miss Angy Potter

10. Musical Sketch...... Mr. Brown at Home." Mr. J. B. Ferrell

1. Serio-Comic Song ........." Do, dear, do." Miss Fanny Stanley.

12. Song

Mr. 1.41. Gale,

“Unless."

13. Comic Song..." The Scientific fan." 14. Duct. All the way from Clay Paree."

Mr. Duncan Muniro.

(From the "Gay Parisienne.") Miss Rosie Blair and Mr. R. H. Stephenson.

"GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,”- NOTE-A Special Tram will run a quarter of an hour after fall of curtain Each Evening.

PRICES:--$3, $2 & $1.

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half Price lo Back Seats only.

PLAN, now OPEN- - ROBINSON PIANO, WAREHOUSE.

Doors OPEN at 8.15.. Overture at 9.P.M.

W. H. BROWN,-

Business Manager Hongkong, 6th July, 1899... *(88za PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY

NOTICE

CONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship.

ACHINA"

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1899;

To-day's Advertisements.

he Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1899.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY.

SALONDON, July

SANITARY BOARD.

*. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary *Board - was held this afternoon. There WDTE Sprosent →→→→The President (Dr. Atkinson, Pria: cipal Civil Medical Officer) occupied the chair, the Hon. R. D.- Ormsby (Director of Public Works), Mr. Eenborne, and Dr. Clark (Medical Officer of Health, Mr. A. W. Brewin Acting Registrar General, and Mr. Duggan (Secretary).

IMPORTANT POST OFFICE NOTICE,

'N TIL further notice NO PARCELS

addressedTO MALTA, can be ac cepted by This Office, or any of its Agencies, as the Sanitary Regulations of Malta prohibit The House of Connions has adopted the the delivery there of all parcels coming from revocation of the Royal Niger Co.'s Charter in or through an infected port.

West Africa. The territory will from henceforth. A. BARRON

Superintendent. be under the Colonial Office and administered Hongkong, 6th July, 1899, 230

188rain three divisions. There will be free trade

everywhere except in Spirits, DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED,

FOR SWATOW. THE Company's Steamship

"HAILOONG", Captain Robson, will be despatched for the above Forts, TO-MORROW, the 715 instant,

at 10 A.M.

......

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LÁPŘAIK & Co General Managers. Hongkong, 6th July, 1899.

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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANŸ, LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW.

"HE Company's Steamship TH

*THALES,"

Captain Hall, will be despatched for the above Ports, on- SATURDAY, the 8th instant, at to ALMA

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK '&. Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 6th July, 18997

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OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPÁNY.

FOR LONDON VIA SUEZ CANAL. "HE_Company's Steamship

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"TANTALUS," Captain Thompson, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 9th instant,

For Freight, apply to

THE TRANSVAAL. The Volksraad has met, President Kruger urged the Members to hold fircily to indepen. dence. He stated that it was his intention to -submit proposals for the increase of representa- tion from the Gold Fields, but nothing was said about the alteration of the Franchise with out which his proposals were of no valido

Fenchpironolada

iranç

TOULONG

Are was

in thes ctators,

successfully launched at hoon Presence of a large number of cluding Major Marchands. Senegalese triße inen, who were loudly cheered –Reute

The President moved that the niinutes of the previous meeting as circulated should be con Kaiser's Strike Bill firmed.

SANITARY SURVEYOR. The appointment of Mr. Drury as Sanitary Surveyor, as recommended by the Director of Public Works to the Governor, was laid on the

table.

had

never," he said; saw such a haragin my lifa as Holocauste, and 1 never expect to. He was the greatest thoroughbred that ever stood on irons." I mnadaged to get # good start and lead the race, round the back turn keeping closely to the rails at Tattenham Comer, Ho locauste was going splendidly withiqut urging, and i was ponvinced that he had all the steam necessary to win the race easily, when suddenly | I felt him give down." That surprised me. :1

urged him a bit more when he began to tuinble forward and knew that he had broker, a leg.

T He ran fifty yards further before he went down.” He did not throw me I got both legs on one side of the saddle when I found my foot caught in the stirrup, and knew that if he fell. I should- go down under him, Holding on to his neck

were held last night in various parts

Nineteen meetings of Social most of which were so crowded that the doors, with botir arms till I had pulled up enough to

to be closed by the poli

dismount I found that the leg had been broken They protested against

German clean off, and that the horse was jamming the APPLICATION FOR KEEPING SWINE Strike Bill, and passed resolutions, condemning stump in the ground at each jump. I never Messrs, 1p Yauand Wong Cheung Kec's appli: it as the grosseste product of close legislation | saw, such a sight, and yet the horse was so cations for renewal of licence to keep swine and as an attempt against the right of free game I think Be would have kept on il physl- were considered and granted.

combination.

cally possible.

CONCRETING.

The first-tea-saloon in opened to-day in Allen previously unknown The the organisers, and Lockhart

New Yorke Ton SaloonŁ

NEW YORK New York was shaps were Amiy are prices will be

English made Locomotives. The Londer if North-Westen Railway Company yesterday tested the latest addition to their compound locomotives with a run from, Eusion to Urewe. The train, consisting of ch gine, tender, and 14 coaches of a total length of 716ft and the total weight with passengers consisting of r20 civil engineers hud railway managers, of 425 tons scwl. The length of the journey was 159 miles, and the maximum speed

for the journey was 71 miles an hour,

The application for exemption from covering yard surfaces and servants quarters with 6 scy, as the yard at The Bluffs" Plantation concrete was made by The Hon RM. Rum- Road was already covered with one inch con THE LONDON TEA TRADE, cred. Mr. Bryan, who had inspected the yard for Medical Officer of Health, reported the yard as At a meeting of Tea Growers, held in Lon- satisfactory, and in the minutes Dr. Clark said don, endoing the report of the Joint Com that as long as the surface remained unbroken mittee ofthe India and Ceylon Tea Associations, Board lad power to sanction application. G it was resolved that "the one pound drit The President said the floor seemed to be

impervious to moisture the moyed the applica allowance should not be made after the 17th tion be granted. Mr. Ormsby seconded, and and the game is expected to happen in Newhat the London and North-Western Raliway

the motion was carried

instant. The Tea dealers at a subsequent meeting resolved not to attend sales, nor to buy Tea privately, and to, convene a mass meeting of the trade to consider further action.

· WEATHER REPORT. The Observatory report says:-On the 6th 11.50a.m. The barometer is still falling on the China coast. The depression is of great extent, the typhoon centre being situated, apparently to the E. of N: Formosa near Meiaco Sima The disturbance seems to be still moving blowly towards N.W. FORECAST-Fresh W. to SW. winds; fair at first, possibly thunder showers later. Very strong SW, monsoon over the China Sea-

LOCAL AND GENERAL –

Ir is generally understood, says the MC BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Daily News, that the Viceroy at Nanking has

"Agents.

[802a consented to the Extension of the French

Settlement at Shanghai

Hongkong, 6th July, 1899.

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED:

FOR PORT DARWIN, QUEENSLAND PORTS, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE THE Company's Steamship.

"TSINAN”.

Captain Anderson, will be despatched as above. on MONDAY, 'the 24tli instant, at Noon.

The attention of Passengers is directed to the Superior

Accommodation offered by this Stenmer. The. First-class Saloons is situated forward of the Engines. A Refrigerating Chamber ensures the Supply of Fresh Provisions during the entire royage,

A duly qualified Surgeon is carried and the Vessel is atted throughout with Electric Light N.B.-Return Tickets issued by this Com pany to and from AUSTRALIA are available for return by the Steainers of the EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN:S.S. CO. and vice versa. For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD, & SWIRE

Agents. Hongkong, 6th July, 1899

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Intimation.

AGAINST Mr. Sylvester's bond of Tls.. 15,000. the 'Canton. Viceroy holds Tis. 1,349, money due by the latter to the former for arms pur chased from him--N C. Daily News:

MR. Byron Brenan, Consul General at Shang hai, left for home on 1st July by the Empress of India on leave, and Mr. P. L. Warron takés charge of the British Consulate General during

is absence.

The Times in its article on the Birthday hon. ours saysMr. Thomas Jackson's knighthood is a recognition of the good work done for the Empire in the Far East by the Hongkong and Shanghat Bank, of which he is the energetic Hongkong manager

ON the evening of the 4th inst the members of the "Lion and Rose "Lodge, RAO,B,aret at their lodge-room. During tlie evening Primo W. E. Bew received the high degree of K.OM, which was a special grant from the Grand Lodge of England for meri torious services. Mr. Watling saw the core- mony successfully carried through, after which the newly made knight uttered a few well-cho- sen words. Mr. Bew, we believe, was the found- .er of the Order in the East.

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charged,

All the usual attractions of the public-house will be added.

Tea saloon experiments in Brooklyn have have diren numerous vintners bit of business

York.

گریه با دو چندانه

LIGHTING OF THE CENTRAL MARKETS

The Government is highly elated, at the cheerful outlook for a sefilement of the ques tion and will not I understand, approach the British again upon the subject of changing the Clayton Bulwer treaty in so far as it affects the Nicaragud canal,

REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE. ON THE S Alaskan Boundary,

WASHINGTON The sub-Committee appointed by the Board Secretary Bay will to-morrow cable to Mr. namely the PW. D. and the Acting Registrats Choate Lie decision of this Government respect General, rendered the following report

We visited the Central Market on the nighting the provisional Alaska boundary line. of June 20th, and found it to be well lighted, I bave an intimation from the State depart There were two men making up their accounts ment that the arrangement made between Mr. and though both had oil lamps, there appeared Choate and the Colonial Office in London is to be no necessity for them, as it was quite satisfactory to the United States easy to read ordinary print by the electric light. Almost every shop had lamps in it, and with the high partitions between the shops, oil lamps will probably, however well lighted the market is for ordinary purposes, be a convenience at night for making up the books and shroffing money. All the same, some of the lamps in the shops were vegetable oil lamps which gave a very dim light indeed. The following wills have recently been We do not think that additional expense for

-proved: lighting the market should be incurred, and we recommend that the tenent be allowed to make use of the ordinary oil lamps with draught

(Signed) RD, ORMSBY

DPW

A. W-BREWIN

Ag+R G.

Hongkong, June 22nd, 1899,

PLAGUE AT TAINAN Mr. EA Griffiths sent returns of the plague. for Tainan, the total number from January 7th to June 12th being 2,106 cases, 1,600 deaths and 427 recoveries... He also reported that the pedemic at that port appeared to be rapidly subsiding

****** PLAGUE AT PENANG,"

Returns of the daily number of plague cades at Penang were submitted. The worst weeks being those ending June 10th and June 17th when there were 10 cases and to deaths; and 11-cases and 8 deaths respectively

APPLICATION FOR WATER CLOSETS, The application for four water closals for the Diocesan school was then read The President application would hold good for the genetal said that the arguments raised in favour of the

rum of applications. The School Swas neither a hospital nor an hotel, and the great number of boys sick rather shows that the place is not kept very clean as there ought to be no diff culty with the night commodes. He would point ent that the distance for the boys to go to the urinals at night was rather great and the water closets would therefore be a great convenience Capt. May proposed that the application be refused. The motion was seconded by Dr. Clark and carried.

LIMEWASHING

Recent Wills:-

Aunker,

Keren

ENETI ZEHRQNALY

Mr. Webb, chief mechanical engineer, saidh

Company's works were keeping abreast with their engine building, and avere also turning a thousand pounds worth of work out every day for other departments. He was surprised that the neighbouring companies should want to go abroad for their stocks.

He had at present in the stock shad 31 ch gines and 22 more in the paint shop

New York Heat Wave.. PARALYSING BUSINESS AND LEADING TO

·MADNESS AND MISKORTUNENSSA.

NEW YORK Today, the third day of the bent wave, there vas a slight improvement in the temperature; and Hudnut's thermometer registered to as

with toy yesterdaysay ch The physical sufering under the heat, how- ever is unabated, and the total number of deaths is 22, mostly, children. Horses are dying by dozens. The sky is, liko a pall of lead. Even in the Wallst district „business men move about as if dated and in a

exciting

hall.Sheffield 133,433 Estate:01 1320ident occurred on the sele

Thrift Eccles- Harry Allen Myles Birket Fos-7-Braeside, Wey-

ter

bridge Admiral Thomas South Audley-st

Miller A

North Musk-), Richard Foster

haiu, Notts... John Barrell Mar.) Glenholme,

shall

Middlesbrogh

Rey

The Hon Mrs.

Blanche Feilda

Norfolk

0.392.| Vated rathyay when Engineer Wicke developed sudden insanity, through the heat. He had 14546 dashed through Bleecker st, when the stoker. Agcaw thất he had lost his mental control and 3795 grappled with him, stopping the train and

Byggbarely averting a catastrophe, mentr 3/308A pathetic occurrence happened in the case

of Mira. Marry Bower, a Society woman, yes.... terdayz While in a state of stupor she wandered. 31,008

22d up froin heç home, and only returned to her hus...”

band this morning, still a state of stupor

wrongly attribute ipping by Ilda Orme!

Olga's Nelljersole's St. Paula Miss: Ormë. ine fondon two years

BAND

Stranded Lar DRIVEN INLAND BY HEA SONIBALVAGE WORK The position of the changed yesterday... Dui the wind veered found to the a very heavy swell, and t blasting operations (osbift. vessel about twenty yards further in southward the shore, the bow now pointing further

It is feared that this will seno with the salvage oper

Early yesterday morning the that all work had to be stopped. vessels Berthilde and E. 1. forced to leave the liner and iance off

Nothing definite has trang an attempt will be made to vessel from her predicament preparations be sufficiently advance a trial will be made..

the

The newspapers

to the heat tile.

of Marcus May

manager aboard the created some sens

Arsenal Exp. THE OFFICIALS ATTRIN

EXTI

"An official inquiry was held yesterday in ther Roya

*Weglwich; as to the cause of t which occurred, the previous after 15/ TOON the Danger Building, Edist Laboratory scual, by which four workman hamed George Bridges Stephen Driver, John Blackburn, and another man named Howe, received serious injuries

vas so bad Woolwich he salvag

It was stated that Driver was at work solder. whethering on the lids of a cylinder containing loaded release the detonators, in the composition of which there should the is fulminate of tercluya highl nsitive no doubt explosive. A terrific explosion occured, and

the four injured men were removed on stret chers to the Arsenal infirmary, where hope were entertained yesterday of their ultimate Precovery,

GERMA

The above Steamer having arrived, Con- signees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bits of date ne ive you throuds A. S. WATSON & Co., with thanks the following donations to the in the wester division, the most unsanitarying from the eastward, but that decreased in

and to take immediate delivery of

from alongside. A

Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel

will be landed and stored at Consignees risk and expense

LIMITED.

J. S. VAN BUREN,.

Agent.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

E

IMPORTERS OF HIGH CLASS

Hongkong, 6th July, 1899.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

GLEN LINE OF STEAMERS. FROM MIDDLESBORO, LONDON AND

THE

STRAITS.

Steamship

“GLENTURRET," having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo by her, are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ld, at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.lan

Goods not cleared by the 12th instant will

be subject to rent. ››

No Fire Insurance has been effected,

All ship damaged packages must be left in the Godowns, and a certificate of the damage,

BRANDIES.

A.-Hennessy's Old Pale, Red

Capsule B-Superior Very Old Cognac

Red Capsule C-Very Old Liqueur Cognac V.O.-D.-Hennessy's Finest

Very Old Liquors Cognac, 1872 Vintage, Red Cap- sules

V.V.0.-E.-Finest Very Old Liqueur Cognac,- 1802 Vintage =

Per DuL

$18,00

THE Hon. Treastirer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge

funds of the Hospitals

Douglas Jones.

Die Rieloff

1. M. Beck

J. Edwarda R

R. Houghton

Hon. A. M. Thom

A. C. MoreTM

A DISPATCH to the Frisco Call dated 31st May, states:-Governor Otero of New Mexico, who called on the President this moming, has no doubt that he will issue another call for troops. No more regulars will be sent to the Philip pines, General Otis was informed that it would take until the end of the rainy season in the Philippines to call for, enlist, equip and trans 4.00 port the additional troops, and he was asked to give a prompt and direct reply to the e query whether he needed them. He replied

21.00

48,00

obtained from the Godown Co, within ten days All our Brandy is guaranteed to be of steamer's arrival, after which no claims will

recognised

PURE COGNAC, the difference in price MCGREGOR BROS. & GOW, Hongkong, 6th July, 1899.

[879a being merely a question of age

and vintage.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES...

Smaller quantities and bottles will be supplied at propor tionate wholesale rates

FROM BOMBAY COLOMBO-AND

STRAITSASAGNA THE P & O S N. Co.'s Steamship

COROMANDEL Consignees of Cargo by the above-named Vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the to Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown

pany's Godowns at Kowloon, where each

will be sorted put marje by mark our

ined as 1006, as the

We guarantee our Winesand Spirits be genuine only when bought from us in the Colony or from authorised Agents at the Coast

WATSONE

Limited,

C

Mr. Osborne said that out of 1583 tenements

one, only one third had beers legally cleansed, that is by the owners. He wished to propose that proceedings be taken against the others. for not complying with the. Iaw in this import-- ant matter, as reasonable warning: had been given them, s

This was all the business and

BY THE ENGLISH MAIL The following are from papers dating from June 4th to the gh --

The wind was yesterday evening still blow

strength

English Tourist Abroad. WHO CALLED HIMSELF"A LORDUTO DISHA PATTRACT: RESPECT

VIENNA

“A somewhat mysterious affair, in which tw English subjects are concerned, is occupying the attention of the authorities.

Two Englishmen arrived at the Grand Hotel Hamilton and John Sanders? nor Friday, and entered their names as Lord spectively. They then introduced themselves to secretary of the British Embassy, whose suspicions were aroused

Austrian Militarism. THREE OFFICERS ATTACK AND FATALLY

WOUND A CIVILIAN - Y

BUDAPEST, June 6th.

M. Ludwig Engel, the proprietor of a local paper published at Szegedin, yesterday became involved in a dispute with three officers of 4 Hungarian regiment.

WE cannot help thinking that Messrs. Dallis "and Musgrave made a big mistake in staging “Turned Up" at the theatre last night. - The house was a shockingly poor one, which plainly showed that the comedy is not popular with Hongkong people. Why we cannot, inaging for the piece is full of interesting com plications, witty sayings, etc., and unless A Brussels Mun one is in an extreme state of stoicity, he mus laugh from the beginning to the end To-night Dion Boucicault's Irish Drama "Conn the Shaugraun is to be acted. Lovers of drama will appreciate this play very much. Fol Friday a very special programme is being arranged, as it is a benefit night, and the last on which, the company will perform during this visit

The officers drew their swords and together attacked the defenceless civilian, indicting several severe wounds... → blows of his cowardly assail

After-vamly, attempting to stick, M. Engel was disa the hospital in a dying.

he?

Tthe savage

conves

BRUSSELS. Brussels was startled by a horrible crime. The lodge-keeper at the house of Baron Cay was found murdered his head being quite shattered by repeated blows" from✨n, sword.

The murderer, an old soldier, whose motive

He notified the police, who to-day arrested the man calling himself Lord Hamilton, but Sanders had disappeared,

The so-called lord acknowledged that his real name was Charles Guene, that he was an ex-officer in the Indian army, and a man of independent means. He asserts (bat he called himself Lord Hamilton merely to make people think hint an important personage, but the au- thorities Believe that he had other" otives.

Torn Asunder. The little brown bear which Prince Hen Prussia presented to the crew of the war Olga has met with a dreadful end. The "animal had lately, been housed in a tower,

the West Park at Kiel together with another bear, a big black female The latter was fas tened to a chain, as it was feared that the two

well: animals would not feti Whit Sunday the "Olga bear, was tree, which had been put;up false step, and it fell on the female

is believed to have been a guilly passion forfatter rushed upon the Little bear the lodge-keepers i wife, has been arrested-ing

The

MK. J. H. Love who is taking Miss Jand Waldorf for a tour of the Orient unites to say Austrian Town Burnt

will soon be visiting Hongkong with the young American actress, supported by Norval and others. Miss Waldorf appears McGregor, Ada Dow Currier, Virginia Grannitolally is beautifully costumed scenes

pertoire of ssical pidy

Juliet:

Romer

consists

royed by fire yeste

of two woman. the ruins, and two.

Figh

fended itself pluckily, crushudit neck, to pieces with a vicious) unfortunate creature asunder the dead body into the swimming

ona

Elde

The inquiry led to the belief that the explo sion was caused by the extreme heat; and ord ders have been issued that all the men employed in the Danger Building are to knock of work: whenever the tempomlyte-rises to above 8ödéga

the time of the explosion the thermome. ter stood at 95deg, in the building and triodeg in the sun,

STARLAZE

Farringdon Road Fire, SIX-STOREY WAR Farringdon rd. was cene of a conflagra lion last night at the warehouse-premise. and 117, belonging to Messi, Hayman Christy, and Lily

AGA VIET

The warehouses were packed

Soon after the fire was crash of glass, failovet fame a

The handful of police way the thousands of spec every movement of the occasionally cheeng licor as ed some end.

Sevent

Corps under Supt adjoin

and

boks; and paper

there was

cất bust of

On-the

of St. Paul Lewis, Establis

Narcissus, bro

OWEN JONES,